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My research interests are centered on taxonomy, biodiversity, systematics, phylogeny, life history, reproduction, and evolution of marine invertebrates, especially of the polychaete family Serpulidae. I also worked on mollusks, fish, and terrestrial oligochaetes.

Qualifications

PhD Flinders University, Australia, 2004

MSc University of Arkansas, USA, 1995

Diploma in Biology, Moscow State University, Russia, 1990

Awards and grants

Friday Harbor Laboratories Fellowship, USA, July 1994, June 1996.

Wade Family Fellowship, Duke University Marine Laboratory, USA, June 1994

International Postgraduate Research Scholarship Fellowship and Flinders University Research Scholarship 1999-2003

Elaine Martin Travel Award, Flinders University of South Australia, 2001

Selected presentations

2000 - Annual meeting of the Australian Marine Science Association, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Oral presentation: "Are echinoderms and polychaetes created equal? A view of a worm fan on life histories of fan worms".2001 - The 9th International Congress on Invertebrate Reproduction and Development, Grahamstown, South Africa. Oral presentation: "Variation in sperm swimming behaviour and its effect on fertilization success in the serpulid polychaete Galeolaria caespitosa"

2013 - The 11th International Polychaete Conference, Sydney, Australia. Oral presentation: “Written in stone: history of serpulids through time and space”.

2013 - The 11th International Polychaete Conference, Sydney, Australia. Poster presentation: "The Synonymy of Chitinopoma and Chitinopomoides with Filogranula (Serpulidae) and description of a new species".

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